Centennial Olympic Park

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Commemorative bricks, which were sold for $35 before the 1996 Olympics began, were used to pave the plaza and walkways of Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta. There are nearly 500,000 engraved bricks in the park, with names from around the world.

Photograph by Szilveszter Farkas

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